From Human Rights in Ukraine by Halya Coynash: The claim that Father Khrystofor Khrimli and Father Andriy Chuy have been ‘expelled’ is particularly worrying since there is every reason to believe they are held prisoner in Russia.
A fortnight after two priests of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine were seized in Russian-occupied Donetsk oblast, Russia’s state-controlled RIA Novosti has claimed that two priests have been “expelled from Russia” by a ‘court’ in what it is continuing to call the ‘Donetsk people’s republic’ [DPR]. This is especially disturbing as the Donetsk Exarchate has refuted this, saying that Father Khrystofor Khrimli and Father Andriy Chuy are believed to have been taken to Russia, where they are doubtless imprisoned.
Serhiy Horobtsov, Metropolitan Bishop of Donetsk and Mariupol, informed on 18 September that Father Andriy (Chuy), a priest monk living in occupied Donetsk, had been abducted. Two days later, Vchasno reported that both Father Andriy and Father Khrystofor (Khrimli) had been seized by the Russian occupiers on the same day. At that stage, it was assumed that they were being held in a Donetsk prison.
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Heavenly Father, please keep all priests and pastors safe, give them courage to stand for their beliefs, and let them to be returned home. Amen
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